Trump seeks billion dollars in damages from Harvard University in raging Truth Social post

Donald Trump has threatened Harvard University with a one billion dollar lawsuit in a late night post on Truth Social.

The president called out the Massachusetts-based institute in a post to the social media app after it was reported the Trump administration had to backtrack from a $200million payment demand from the university.

A post to Truth Social from Trump reads, "Strongly Antisemitic Harvard University has been feeding a lot of “nonsense” to The Failing New York Times. Harvard has been, for a long time, behaving very badly! They wanted to do a convoluted job training concept, but it was turned down in that it was wholly inadequate and would not have been, in our opinion, successful.

"It was merely a way of Harvard getting out of a large cash settlement of more than 500 Million Dollars, a number that should be much higher for the serious and heinous illegalities that they have committed. This should be a Criminal, not Civil, event, and Harvard will have to live with the consequences of their wrongdoings.

"In any event, this case will continue until justice is served. Dr. Alan Garber, the President of Harvard, has done a terrible job of rectifying a very bad situation for his institution and, more importantly, America, itself. He was hired AFTER the antisemitism charges were brought - I wonder why???

"We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into the future, with Harvard University.

"As The Failing New York Times clearly stated, 'Some connected to the University, however, think Harvard has no option but to eventually cut a deal. The Administration has repeatedly attempted to cut off research grants, which would be an untenable crises. Like many major research universities, Harvard relies on federal funding for its financial model.' Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP."

Trump would follow up this post with another criticizing the New York Times, confirming he would seek legal action against the news organization. He wrote, "The Failing New York Times story was completely wrong concerning Harvard University. I hereby demand that the morons that run (into the ground!) the Times’ change their story, immediately. SEE TRUTH BELOW!

"Also, just like their incorrectly called (by the Times!) Election results, where they got it ALL WRONG, my Poll Numbers are Great! The New York Times coverage of me is so purposely wrong. We will soon see how I do in my lawsuit against these fraudsters! FAKE NEWS!"

Trump's billion dollar damages claim against Harvard comes after the New York Times reported that the president had reportedly dropped his interest in seeking cash from the university.